Improvement in bracelets



GEORGE D STEVENS.

Improvement in Bracelets.

No.'123,740 Pa-tented Feb. 13, 1872.

UNITED STATES GEORGE D. STEVENS,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

IMPROVEMENT IN BRACELETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,740, dated February13, 1872. I

. in Bracelets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in whichdrawing Figure 1 represents a sectional front view of my invention. Fig.2 is a side view of the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of a slot in the thumb-pieceof the snap of a bracelet forthe reception of a tassel or otherornament; said slot is provided with a central recess, and if the ring,which forms the connection between the thumb-piece and the ornament, ismoved opposite to said recess the thumb-piece can be depressed and thebracelet opens; bnt as long as the ring occupies a position in the slotnot opposite to said recess it forms a stop, preventing the snap frombein g opened and guarding against the accidental disengagement of thebracelet.

Inthe drawing, the letterA designatesabracelet, which is closed by asnap, a. On this snap is secured a thumb-piece, b, and by depressingthis thumb-piece the snap is disengaged and the bracelet can be opened.In the thumbpiece I) I have provided a slot, 0, for the reception of aring, (1, forming part of a tassel or other ornament, whereby theappearance of the bracelet is materially improved. The slot 0 isprovided with'a recess, 0, and as long as the ring d occupies a positionnot opposite to this recess'for instance, such as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawing-the thumb-piece can not be depressed and the bracelet cannot beopened; but if the ring dis moved opposite to the recess e thethumb-piece can be depressed and the bracelet can be opened.

If the bracelet is; applied to the arm the weight of the tassel or otherornament attached to the ring cl has a tendency to keep the same in theposition shown in the drawing, where it forms a stop, preventing thethumb-piece from being depressed, and, consequently, guarding againstthe loss of the bracelet. Before the bracelet can be opened the ring 01must be moved opposite to or in the recess 6, and it is hardly probablethat the ring will be accidentally thrown in that position, while at thesame instant the thumb-piece is depressed so as to release the braceletand allow it to disengage itself.

I am aware that looking devices have been combined with the snap of abracelet-such, for instance, as those described in the patentsNo..120,535, October 31,1871, and No. 89,037, April 20, 1869and I do notclaim broadly, therefore, the combination of any locking device with thesnap of a bracelet.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The arrc ngement of a slot, 0, in the thumbpiece of the snap of abracelet, for the reception of a tassel or other ornament, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The slotted thumb-piece b, provided with a recess, a, in combinationwith the ring d and with the snap of a bracelet,substantially as shownand described.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. E. KASTENHUBER.

GEO. D. STEVENS.

